Las Vegas Weekly

June 11, 2010 · 12:59 PM

Julio Iglesias receives award on Julio Iglesias Day in Las Vegas and state

By Robin Leach

Julio Iglesias at the Las Vegas Hilton on June 10, 2010.

Photo: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com

Yesterday was a day of honors for Latin singer-songwriter superstar Julio Iglesias before the start of a three-night run at the Las Vegas Hilton. Julio, 66, received an honor from the State of Nevada proclaiming June 10, 2010, as Julio Iglesias Day; the Las Vegas International Press awarded him the Maximum Hispanic Pride Award; and Clark County Commissioners also proclaimed yesterday Julio Iglesias Day.

Julio, one of the Top 10 bestselling music artists in history, has sold more than 300 million albums from his 77 CDs in 14 languages. His sons Enrique and Julio Jr. followed in Dad’s footsteps and are successful artists in their own right. Fun fact amid the World Cup frenzy: Julio was a goalkeeper for one of Real Madrid’s teams, but a car accident in 1963 ended his soccer career.

Our thanks to contributing photographer Tom Donoghue for snapping these photographs for our Vegas DeLuxe photo gallery.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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